Washington panchang, 3 January 2026
Sunrise 07:28 Sunset 16:57 Moonrise 17:16 Pausha month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:28 to 16:57- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 07:28 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam 09:50 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:53 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:23 – 14:35
- 15:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:57 to 07:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 16:57 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 05:32 – 06:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 02:00 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 04:41 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 18:45
- Karana Balava until 15:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:45 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:13 Moon enters Cancer
- 02:00 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 02:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:50 – 11:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:45 – 15:17 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:32 – 06:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:53 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:57 – 19:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:39 – 09:50 | Good |
| Rog | 09:50 – 11:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:01 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:23 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:35 – 22:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:23 – 00:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:12 – 02:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:01 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:28 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 18:09 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 05:03 NowJupiter
- 06:15 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:32 – 06:11 Scorpio
- 06:11 – 08:13 Sagittarius
- 08:13 – 09:45 Capricorn
- 09:45 – 11:01 Aquarius
- 11:01 – 12:13 Pisces
- 12:13 – 13:38 Aries
- 13:38 – 15:27 Taurus
- 15:27 – 17:45 Gemini
- 17:45 – 20:15 Cancer
- 20:15 – 22:44 Leo
- 22:44 – 01:13 next day Virgo
- 01:13 – 03:43 next day Libra
- 03:43 – 06:08 next day Scorpio
- 06:08 – 07:28 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EST (UTC-5) · Method